Community, Public Archaeology, and Co-construction of Knowledge Through the Educational Project of a Rural Mountain School

In recent decades, rural societies have been forced to face major transformations in the context of globalization. Social and economic changes, such as the disappearance of traditional economic bases or the severe process of depopulation and exodus towards urban spaces and, in turn, the aging of the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fernández Mier Margarita, López Gómez Pablo, Sánchez-Broch Paloma, Carballido González Elías
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2025-04-01
Series:Open Archaeology
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0030
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850204934065094656
author Fernández Mier Margarita
López Gómez Pablo
Sánchez-Broch Paloma
Carballido González Elías
author_facet Fernández Mier Margarita
López Gómez Pablo
Sánchez-Broch Paloma
Carballido González Elías
author_sort Fernández Mier Margarita
collection DOAJ
description In recent decades, rural societies have been forced to face major transformations in the context of globalization. Social and economic changes, such as the disappearance of traditional economic bases or the severe process of depopulation and exodus towards urban spaces and, in turn, the aging of the persistent population in rural areas, have been translated into a dynamic of disarticulation that has also affected identities and has brought into question the survival of cultural elements with a long historical diachrony. This context has stimulated the research that different scholars carry out trying to understand the rural world from a complex and multifaceted perspective, but it has also served to draw attention to the need to generate forms of research and knowledge creation more connected to the communities. In this article, we present our experience through the project ConCiencia Histórica, a proposal that we have developed with a school located in a mountain area in northern Spain that uses project-based education and STEAM methodologies and in which we followed our historical and archaeological research in this area as a common thread in its educational programming.
format Article
id doaj-art-28247ff77bd84f0f8b329c01f5d1df1b
institution OA Journals
issn 2300-6560
language English
publishDate 2025-04-01
publisher De Gruyter
record_format Article
series Open Archaeology
spelling doaj-art-28247ff77bd84f0f8b329c01f5d1df1b2025-08-20T02:11:12ZengDe GruyterOpen Archaeology2300-65602025-04-0111128329610.1515/opar-2024-0030Community, Public Archaeology, and Co-construction of Knowledge Through the Educational Project of a Rural Mountain SchoolFernández Mier Margarita0López Gómez Pablo1Sánchez-Broch Paloma2Carballido González Elías3Department of History, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, 33011, Asturias, SpainDepartment of History, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, 33011, Asturias, SpainDepartment of History, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, 33011, Asturias, SpainDepartment of History, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, 33011, Asturias, SpainIn recent decades, rural societies have been forced to face major transformations in the context of globalization. Social and economic changes, such as the disappearance of traditional economic bases or the severe process of depopulation and exodus towards urban spaces and, in turn, the aging of the persistent population in rural areas, have been translated into a dynamic of disarticulation that has also affected identities and has brought into question the survival of cultural elements with a long historical diachrony. This context has stimulated the research that different scholars carry out trying to understand the rural world from a complex and multifaceted perspective, but it has also served to draw attention to the need to generate forms of research and knowledge creation more connected to the communities. In this article, we present our experience through the project ConCiencia Histórica, a proposal that we have developed with a school located in a mountain area in northern Spain that uses project-based education and STEAM methodologies and in which we followed our historical and archaeological research in this area as a common thread in its educational programming.https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0030local communitiesknowledge transferformal educationinformal educationproject-based learningrural heritage
spellingShingle Fernández Mier Margarita
López Gómez Pablo
Sánchez-Broch Paloma
Carballido González Elías
Community, Public Archaeology, and Co-construction of Knowledge Through the Educational Project of a Rural Mountain School
Open Archaeology
local communities
knowledge transfer
formal education
informal education
project-based learning
rural heritage
title Community, Public Archaeology, and Co-construction of Knowledge Through the Educational Project of a Rural Mountain School
title_full Community, Public Archaeology, and Co-construction of Knowledge Through the Educational Project of a Rural Mountain School
title_fullStr Community, Public Archaeology, and Co-construction of Knowledge Through the Educational Project of a Rural Mountain School
title_full_unstemmed Community, Public Archaeology, and Co-construction of Knowledge Through the Educational Project of a Rural Mountain School
title_short Community, Public Archaeology, and Co-construction of Knowledge Through the Educational Project of a Rural Mountain School
title_sort community public archaeology and co construction of knowledge through the educational project of a rural mountain school
topic local communities
knowledge transfer
formal education
informal education
project-based learning
rural heritage
url https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0030
work_keys_str_mv AT fernandezmiermargarita communitypublicarchaeologyandcoconstructionofknowledgethroughtheeducationalprojectofaruralmountainschool
AT lopezgomezpablo communitypublicarchaeologyandcoconstructionofknowledgethroughtheeducationalprojectofaruralmountainschool
AT sanchezbrochpaloma communitypublicarchaeologyandcoconstructionofknowledgethroughtheeducationalprojectofaruralmountainschool
AT carballidogonzalezelias communitypublicarchaeologyandcoconstructionofknowledgethroughtheeducationalprojectofaruralmountainschool